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The Midnight
The Midnight consists of Tyler Lyle (a songwriter from the Deep South) and Tim McEwan (a producer from Denmark).
Their latest release Change Your Heart or Die is out now.
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Alien Love Songs: Midnight Channel’s Cosmic Jazz Odyssey Featuring 'Shelly'
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Midnight Channel
Lethbridge, Alberta’s Midnight Channel aren’t just playing jazz—they’re reimagining it, tearing it apart, and letting the pieces orbit through time, memory, and love. Their new album, Alien Love Songs, is a sprawling, groove-heavy collision of blistering horn lines, meditative melodies, and the emotional messiness of being human. Featuring the monstrous, mystifying focus track “Shelly,” the record explores romantic, platonic, spiritual, and self-love as well as the aching absence of it. It’s as inspired by anime and inside jokes as it ...
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Midnight Channel Drops Their First Vocal Single 'Must Be Nice' — Listen Now
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Midnight Channel
Midnight Channel—the genre-defying jazz collective from Lethbridge, Alberta—has released their brand new single “Must Be Nice,” now streaming everywhere. The sultry, Latin jazz-inspired track marks a bold new direction for the band as their first-ever vocal release, turning loneliness into something lush, danceable, and strangely comforting. Built around a mid-tempo cha-cha rhythm, “Must Be Nice” blends soft acoustic guitar, warm horn arrangements, and layered percussion with a stunning detour in the bridge you have to hear to believe. The result ...
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Billboard Magazine Critics’ Choice guitarist Bryan Lubeck’s releases ‘Midnight Sun’
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All About Jazz
The highly anticipated new studio album from Billboard Magazine Critics’ Choice artist Bryan Lubeck is available now. The release of Midnight Sun will introduce listeners to a new blending of Lubeck’s signature sound with fresh pop, funk, and urban influences. (Update: The album became an Amazon Music #1 Best Seller in late September, is one of the top 30 songs played on SiriusXM Watercolors and has received significant radio play) Known for his fusion of romantic Spanish guitar and urban ...
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Soaring Music Publications Has All Downloadable "I Want A Doll" Items For Free Through Midnight, Christmas Day
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Greg Nathan
Soaring Music Publications was hoping to find lots of takers of it's “I Want a Doll“ audio tracks and lead-sheets, anticipating a new release of “I Want a Doll“ for next year, but so far “takes" are non-existent, and in order to boost interest, Soaring has eliminated the required $1.00 purchase and replaced it with everything on the page being downloadable for free. “Now everything on the page is downloadable for free," said Greg Nathan, Owner/President of Soaring Music Publications. ...
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Erskine Hawkins: At Midnight
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the mid-1930s, just as the jazz trumpet was becoming popular in the swing era, Erskine Hawkins formed his 'Bama State Collegians in Montgomery, Ala. The band would go on to create a new swing sound that was more relaxed with a strolling groove. Born in Birmingham, Ala., Hawkins started playing the drums and trombone as a child before switching to trumpet at age 13. In 1930, when he was 16, Hawkins graduated from Birmingham Industrial and relocated to Montgomery ...
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Levitas Bros. Release "'Round Midnight"
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Eugene Levitas
The Levitas Bros. latest release 'Round Midnight (Flying Levi) explores Thelonious Monk's seminal “'Round Midnight" as classical variations where the theme is followed by three freely composed variations. Each track is focused on one particular part from Monk's classic song. Track Listing 1. 'Round Midnight (5:21) 2. Var. I (4:56) 3. Interlude (1:11) 4. Var. II (5:28) 5. Var. III (4:26) 6. Round Midnight Reprise (Vocal Version) $5.94 ...
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Drew Nugent And The Midnight Society Performs At Paris Bistro & Jazz Café
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Wendy Wolf
For Drew Nugent and the Midnight Society, playing a gig isn’t just about music. It’s about taking a step back in time. Led by pianist, trumpeter and vocalist Drew Nugent, his ensemble recreates the music of a bygone era—playing what has been coined HOT Jazz—which was popularized from 1897 to 1935. “In essence, it’s jazz in its original form,” says Nugent, “the original American pop music.” But the band does it in its own eclectic way. The tunes, the clothes ...
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Legacy Recordings To Release "Duke Ellington: The Original Recordings That Inspired The Broadway Hit After Midnight"
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Michael Ricci
IN CELEBRATION OF ITS SEVEN TONY NOMINATIONS SONY MUSIC'S LEGACY RECORDINGS TO RELEASE “DUKE ELLINGTON: THE ORIGINAL RECORDINGS THAT INSPIRED THE BROADWAY HIT AFTER MIDNIGHT" DIGITAL RELEASE SET FOR MAY 27 CD HITS STORES JUNE 17 New York, NY: Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Duke Ellington: The Original Recordings That Inspired The Broadway Hit After Midnight May 27th on iTunes and other digital retailers. The CD version hits stores June 17th. This album collects ...
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Celebratory "Round Midnight" Film Event Acclaimed By Philadelphia City Council
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Victor L. Schermer
On Sunday, March 24, as part of the Dexter Gordon worldwide 90th birthday celebration, “Dexter @ 90,” the International House presented an uncut screening of the iconic jazz film “Round Midnight” with an in-person appearance by Dexter Gordon’s widow, Maxine, an active jazz scholar and director of the Dexter Gordon Foundation. Maxine introduced the film and, with WRTI DJ Bob Perkins, led a discussion after the screening. Perkins hosted the occasion, which was followed by a reception for Ms. Gordon. ...
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Worldwide Celebration Of Dexter Gordon's 90th Birthday In Philadelphia: "Round Midnight" Film Event March 24th
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All About Jazz
5:00 pm As part of the Dexter Gordon worldwide 90th birthday celebration, “Dexter @ 90,” International House, Philadelphia, PA (37th and Chestnut Street) will present an uncut screening of the iconic jazz film Round Midnight with an in-person appearance by Dexter Gordon’s widow, Maxine, an active jazz scholar and director of the Dexter Gordon Foundation. Maxine will introduce the film and lead a discussion after the screening. WRTI DJ Bob Perkins will host. A reception will follow. Round Midnight (dir. ...
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